Treat Life Like a Golf Scramble - Pick Each Other Up

I like to ski. It has been a good winter for skiing. Unfortunately, it is hard to get to the slopes enough. I have purchased a ski pass for the last several years at Crystal Mountain. My mother-in-law works there, and it is a great place to ski. I just started skiing more seriously about five or six years ago. I have mixed feelings about this time of year. I want to have more opportunity to ski, but I am ready to be able to golf, too. I don't have enough time to do either, but I enjoy them when I can. I used to be very competitive and get upset if I didn't golf well. There is really no score in skiing, but I have advanced my skills so I feel pretty good about that, but golf is a different matter. There is always that score to let you know if you are making progress or not. I never really cared about beating a fellow golfer. For me, golf is an individual sport. I wouldn't mind having a higher score than someone I was playing with as long as my score was as low as I wanted. I used to get mad. I would toss my club and get so upset that the rest of my round would be shot because of one wayward shot that "ruined" my round. Now, I don't get too upset. I am just glad to have the opportunity to slow down, enjoy being outside, and leave everything else behind. The older I get and the less opportunity I have to golf, the more I like to play golf in a "scramble." I can have fun and make good shots, but if I have that wayward shot, I have a team mate to pick me up and make a shot that we can take as a team. The beauty of the "scramble" is that it is generally unlikely that everyone on the team will all have a wayward shot at the same time so collectively the team does better than any individual could. I guess the same could be said for most other things. There are times when we need to pick each other up. We are stronger collectively than we are individually. Encourage and support those around you.